Satan And The Evil Spirit (Greek: Σατανᾶς καὶ Δάμονια) – A Deeper Dive into Biblical Truth
How are Satan (Σατανᾶς – Satanas) and evil spirits (Δαιμόνια – Daimonia) described in the Bible? Learn in-depth biblical studies in Greek about their true meaning, function, influence, and impact on the Christian life.
1. Introduction – The Reality of Dark Powers
To many people, “devils” and “evil spirits” may seem like fictional characters. But the Bible describes them as very real, active, and destructive forces. These spirits are at work in the world, in people’s lives, and in the spirit world.
2. Satan – in Greek ‘Σατανᾶς’ (Satanas)
Meaning:
‘Σατανᾶς’ (Satanas) is a Greek word, which comes from the Hebrew ‘שָׂטָן’ (Satan). It means:
- enemy
- Opposite
- To accuse
The Bible describes Satan as “the opposer of God’s work,” “the accuser of the brethren,” “the father of lies,” and “the god of this age.”
Classical examples:
- Matthew 4:10 — Jesus said to Satan, “Get behind me, Satan!”
- Revelation 12:9 — “The great serpent was thrown down, that ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world.”
3. Evil spirits – ‘Daimonia’ (Daimonia) in Greek
Meaning:
‘Daimonion’ (Daimonion) is a plural of ‘Daimonia’ (Daimonia).
Its meaning is:
- Evil spirit
- Demonic creatures
- Unclean Spirits
These spirits influence a person’s body, soul, mind, and society. The Bible shows these spirits as servants of Satan.
Bible references:
- Matthew 8:31 — “The demons begged him, ‘Send us into the pigs.’”
- Luke 11:24-26 — “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he walks through dry places…”
- Revelation 16:14 — “These are spirits of evil, performing signs…”
4. The difference between Satan and evil spirits
5. Satan’s Tricks – Impact on the Christian Life
Satan seeks to distract Christians through lies , deception , temptation , and spiritual warfare .
2 Corinthians 11:14 — “Satan himself disguises himself as an angel of light.”
1 Peter 5:8 — “Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about.”
Satan’s tricks:
- To distort the truth
- Causing spiritual weakness
- Increasing feelings of guilt and offense
- To cause division in the church
- Bringing down the servants
6. The work of evil spirits – influence on people
Examples in the Bible:
- Mark 5:1-20 – The Gadarene people had thousands of souls.
- Acts 16:16-18 – A maid with a prophetic spirit.
- Luke 13:11-13 – A spirit who had been physically disabled for 18 years.
The purpose of evil spirits:
- Tormenting body and soul
- To draw towards sin
- To keep away from the power of the Lord Jesus
- Causing mental, spiritual, physical illness
7. Jesus’ Victory – Authority Over Satan and Spirits
Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection defeated Satan and evil spirits.
Colossians 2:15 — “He made a public spectacle of principalities and powers.”
Luke 10:19 — “You have been given authority over serpents and scorpions…”
Satan has been defeated, but he has not yet given up the fight.
8. Spiritual Warfare – The Responsibility of Christians
Armor according to Ephesians 6:10–18:
- The Box of Truth
- The breastplate of righteousness
- Shoes of the Gospel of Peace
- The shield of faith
- Rescue hat
- The Sword of the Spirit – The Word of God
- Prayer always
The war we fight is not “physical”, but “spiritual”.
9. Satanic tricks in today’s world – how can we be careful?
- False teachings – 1 Timothy 4:1
- False prophecies
- New Age Spirituality
- Influence through art, music, media
- Methods of trying to control the soul (magic, tantra, sadhana)
10. Conclusion – Light conquers darkness!
Satan and evil spirits are powerful, but Jesus is victorious over them.
Believers can walk in victory through spiritual alertness, the leading of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, prayer, and faith.
Romans 16:20 — “The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly.”
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– And today we will study the subject of Satan and evil spirits.
Ezekiel 28:11-19
– We know that God created angels.
– Before the fall, Satan was also an archangel and after the fall, he was called Satan…..
– Ezekiel 28:14 – Satan was a cherub before the fall…. It is clear that.
God created angels…. We studied this topic in the last class.. and Roshan Sir taught it well.
Ezekiel 28:15 – Lucifer was found to be evil…
– It started with emotions….
Evil because of pride – Sin and evil began from here .
– God did not create sin and evil.
– But from Satan or when an archangel was born and it started from there….
Now… Lucifer (the archangel or Satan) is born in Isaiah 14:12-23…
where we can find the “5” “I’s” of Lucifer….
– And those 5 “I’s” can be found in Isaiah 14:13 and 14
Now we find two things mainly.
1. Ardha was found in Lucifer – the source of all evil and sin.
2. Pride – “5 I’s” ….. (Because of pride, people want to be completely independent).
Proverbs 16:18 – Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall…. What is this….
Pride means – to exalt oneself, to try to be something that one is not.
– Satan tried to exalt oneself above God and he was not God but tried to be like God.
According to Ezekiel 28
, Lucifer became proud because of his beauty, position, and adornment…
He tried to take the place of Jesus… Those 5 places belong to Jesus.
Pride is to exalt oneself above the Word, above the pastor, above each other, or above anything else that one has. (Education, title, wealth, strength, wisdom…)
There is no place for pride in ministry… 1 Peter 5 Put on humility
This pride can use everyone… Be alert…
Arrogance, pride blinds
. Now, because of this arrogance and pride, Satan was cast out and cast out.
According to Revelation 12:4… Satan convinced 1/3 other angels in his deceit and followed him and became the leader and was cast out with Lucifer and 1/3 angels.
The 1/3 angels who were cast out with Satan became evil spirits and evil spirits are real.
In which chapter or time did Satan and the 1/3 demons fall
? Of course, this is after creation and before the fall of Adam and Eve…. Some say between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. That is not true… But before Genesis 3…. He fell….
Now Satan’s destination
1. He was cast out of heaven. (Isaiah 14:12)
2. He was judged perfectly in the wilderness, (John 12:31 and Genesis 3:15 were fulfilled).
3. He is bound in the bottomless pit for 1000 years and his demons are bound with him…. Revelation 20:2,3
4. And finally he is cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, (Revelation 20:10)
– Towards the very end of the thousand years the devil and the demons are cast out.
– And then there is the final rebellion and after that the “lake” is always…….. Here
are some names used for Satan.
1. Satan – Adversary – Matthew 4:10
2. Devil – Slanderer, Stabber – Matthew 4:1
3. Evil One (that evil one) – Evil from within – John 17:15
4. Enemy – Matthew 13:39
5. Great Red Dragon – Red with blood, a murderer – Revelation 12:3,7,9 (not permitted to kill… but can kill many things, character)
6. The old serpent – Deceiver of the world – Revelation 9:11
8. Apollo – Destroyer – Revelation 9:11
9. Adversary – Adversary – 1 Peter 5:8
10. Beelzebub – God of flies – Matthew 12:24
11. Belial – worthless, worthless – 2 Corinthians 6:15
12. God of this world – controls the philosophy of the world – 2 Corinthians 6:15
13. The ruler of the world – the ruler of worldly laws – John 12:31
14. The ruler of the power of the air – the ruler of unbelievers – Ephesians 2:2
15. Tempter – leads people to sin alone – Matthew 4:3
16. Lucifer – a slanderer – Isaiah 14:12
17. Murderer – leads people to eternal death – John 8:44
18. The father of lies – the place where all lies come and begin – John 8:44
19. Accuser – opposes believers before God – Revelation 12:10 20.
Roaring lion – 1 Peter 5:8
21. Angel of light – 2 Corinthians 11:14
Now… we can find that the Bible is clear that there is a devil.
We can see the presence of Satan at the beginning of the Bible.
We can also see the presence of Satan in the book of Job.
We can find references to Satan throughout the Old and New Testaments.
Satan is not a man but a fallen angel and an intelligent being.
A being with intelligence, will and emotions and a personality.
Jesus Christ also spoke about Satan and demons.
Satan is not a force or a storm but a powerful fallen angel with a personality.
There are two things we can do to be too much about “Satan”
1. – We are ignorant of his tactics, (need to know)
2. – We are too busy with Satan and his work.
– Both ideas are wrong
Now let’s look at 6 points about the personality of Satan…..
1. He is a fallen angel, not a human being and has a real personality, (Matthew 4:1)
2. He has intelligence, because we can see his plans and strategies, (2 Corinthians 2:11, 11:3 and Genesis 3)
3. He can remember, or has a memory, (Matthew 4:1–11)
4. He has will, (2 Timothy 2:26, Isaiah 14:13–14)
5. He has emotions.
(ჩ) Lust (Luke 22:31)
(ჩ) Pride (1 Timothy 3:6)
(ჩ) Anger (Revelation 12:12)
6. He has great organizational power, (1 Timothy 4:1, Revelation 2:9 and 24)
and with it the names and pronouns used for individuals in the Bible

are used.
Satan’s work against Christ
ჩ. Satan’s work against Christ was foretold after the fall of Adam and Eve. (Genesis 3:15)
ჩ. Jesus was tempted in the wilderness.
a. To satisfy his own needs.
b. To glorify himself.
c. To get what is his by wrong means.
d. To tempt Satan to do. (Luke 4:1-13)
ჩ. He conspired to get Israel to reject the Messiah. (Matthew 12:22-32)
ჩ. Satan entered Judas Iscariot to betray Christ. (Luke 22:3)
Satan’s work against God
❖. Satan challenges God’s truthfulness and questions His goodness. (Genesis 3:3–5)
❖. He seeks to devalue God’s righteousness, ❖. (Job 1:8–11)
❖. He tempts God’s servants or leaders to sin. (1 Chronicles 21:1–2)
❖. He blasphemes God. (Revelation 13:5–6)
❖. He promotes false and erroneous teachings, ❖. (1 Timothy 4:1, Revelation 2:24)
❖. He persecutes God’s people. (Matthew 16:21–23)
What is Satan’s work against believers?
❖. He disguises himself as a light to lead believers after false and false teachers. (2 Corinthians 11:14)
❖. Satan is the enemy of believers. (1 Peter 5:8)
ssss. Attempts to hinder the prayers of believers. –Daniel 10:12-13)
sss. Satan hindered Paul’s mission and still does today. (1 Thessalonians 2:18)
b. Tempts people to sin. (1 Thessalonians 3:5)
– Free will
– using the world, presenting the old sin nature.
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ss. Accuses the brothers before God day and night. (Revelation 12:10)
sss. Brings up spiritual warfare. (Ephesians 6:10-18)
Satan’s work on unbelievers
ss. Blinds the minds of believers so that they do not see the light of the glorious gospel. (2 Corinthians 4:4)
sss. Takes away the words that the unbeliever has heard. (Mark 4:13-15)
sss. He works to lead unbelievers into sin and disobedience. (Ephesians 2:1-3)
B. He holds unbelievers captive at his will. (2 Timothy 2:25-26)
Satan’s work against nations
– Satan has a plan to weaken nations. (Isaiah 14:12)
– Satan does not want many sovereign nations but one world government, so that he can rule and that too by the antichrist…..
There is no need to know more about Satan.
Now let’s study the subject of evil spirits
– we now know where and how evil spirits originated… (Revelation 12:4)
Where are the evil spirits?
Evil spirits are active in the world today, but Satan and the evil spirits are not omnipresent and omniscient (they are also created beings who are certainly more powerful than the human race) (Satan is the ruler or boss)
Many evil spirits are not in prison today, but at this time God has allowed them a certain amount of “freedom”. Like Satan, they also have limited freedom….. A dog on a chain… God takes the chain and determines the length of the chain. (Psalm 78:49, Revelation 12:7-9)
But some of the demons are in prison and have no freedom. They are kept in a prison called “Tarsus.” (2 Peter 2:4)
During the thousand years, all the demons will be imprisoned.
Revelation 20:1-3…..
After the thousand years and the final rebellion, the demons will be cast into hell forever. (Revelation 20:10)
Now demons are not human. They are fallen angels and have personality traits and that personality is evil….
Let’s look at demons or evil or demons (when used as a noun, it means Satan)
– these are the rules by which Satan operates. This is an internal organized government of Satan… which…
1. To destroy the ability of unbelievers for God and salvation.
2. To destroy the spiritual ability of believers for God and His Word. (Isaiah 59:15)
There are some Greek words and types of evil, or levels of evil.
1. Internal evil: evil that is used to influence a person, (Matthew 24:84, Mark 7:21, Romans 7:19-21) 2. Contagious evil –
a
person has been infected and affected by evil.
– and is now spreading the evil like a disease.
– and is affecting one or more people with the negative laws of Satan. (2 Thessalonians 3:2, Ephesians 3:13)
Types of evil
1. Disseminated evil (ἀγάμμγλαβ ἀγάμμγλαβ ἀγάμμγλαβ) – is spreading and affecting a large number of people. (2 Samuel 15:16,17,18, Proverbs 4:14-17)
2. Conspiratorial Vision: The whole world and the people of the world are intervening and
– there is a worldwide organized conspiracy against the faith and believers
– the work of God
– the ministries of God. – Psalm 2:2, 27:2,3)
3. Visionary Note or News – An account given in detail
– a supposed misrepresentation, a whisper
– A systematic system of accusation and fighting from Satan’s system

– To bring down the character of others
– To make the listener and speaker suffer from satanic visions….
Worldly law – Satan rules. (Matthew 4:1-11)
1. The world refers to this physical world. (Pakm)
2. Refers to a certain time cycle. (Bshyal)
3. Also refers to people. (John 3:16) (Pakm)
4. The worldly law of which the prince is Satan… (Matthew 4:8)
(Pakm, Riyakm)
Satan’s systematic system of working or acting on the basis of being completely independent of God…
Satan’s worldly law or system.
A worldly system of thinking supported by the forces of Satan.
Satan’s system of nature that is directly opposed to God.
False teachings, satanic influence, or evil spirits are Satan’s methods and strategies of controlling a person…..…..…..
Demons are not human. They are also angels and have personality traits, and that personality is evil….
a. They have names. (Luke 8:30)
b. They speak. (Matthew 8:29)
c. They have intelligence. (Luke 4:34)
d. They feel emotions. (Luke 8:28)
e. They have great power. (Acts 19:16)
s. They know who Jesus is. (Luke 4:34)
s. They know about their future judgment. –Matthew 8:29)
s. They know who is saved and who is not. (Acts 16:15)
s. They have their own teachings. (1 Timothy 4:1)
Demons have a corrupt moral character.
1. Wickedness: Some demons are more corrupt than others. Jesus speaks of this in Matthew 12:45.
2. Evil: Demons can be wicked and angry. We find in the Gospels that demons try to do much harm before they leave a person’s body. (Matthew 17:15, Mark 9:18-20)
3. Impure morality: They are morally unclean. Demons are called unclean spirits. (Matthew 10:1)
4. Evil: They are wicked, Paul calls them “evil spirits.” Luke 7:21
Conclusion: Demons are liars, deceivers, haters of Christ, haters of His gospel…
Demons are also powerful (than humans)
1. – Mark 5:3-4 Breaks the chains that bind – Acts 19:14-16 – We are more powerful than the seven sons of Sheba
because we are in Christ – We are superior in rank to the elect and the fallen angels. (1 Corinthians 6:3)
2. Demons have limited powers to perform signs and wonders. (Exodus 7-8, 2 Thessalonians 2:9)
3. As mentioned earlier, demons are also intelligent. –
– They are not omniscient… but having been around for thousands of years, they know and have learned more than humans.
– They also have knowledge of the future. (Like the end times)
– They can identify people like Job, Paul, and Jesus.
– They have the ability to enter people and make them cry out and scream. (Mark 5:7-12, Mark 1:23-25)
4. Demons are not limited by location: Since they are a type of spirit, they are not limited by body like humans. There can be 5,600 demons inside one person. (Mark 5:9)

Common Functions of Demons
1. Demons carry out the commands of Satan – they submit to each other and work in unity with Satan and with each other. (Matthew 12:24-26, Revelation 12:7)
2. Demons can also influence the thoughts and actions of world leaders. – Daniel 10:13,20
3. Demons promote false religion. (Psalm 106:36-38)
4. Demons promote immorality. (Ephesians 2:1-3)
5. Demons can infect the mind and body of a person. (Matthew 12:22, Mark 5:3,15)
That is why the Bible warns against the following things.
– which are not suitable for believers…
1. Fortune-telling or palmistry – Jeremiah 29:8-9)
2. Astrologers (studying the zodiac signs and stars to predict the day and events) Isaiah 47:13-14
3. Spiritism or spiritism, including spells or sorcery (Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 19:31)
4. Witchcraft or black magic (putting others intoxicated by magic) (Deuteronomy 18:10-11)
5. Drugs – Evil spirits can also influence a person’s mind and body through the use of drugs… (Galatians 5:19-20)
Can a believer now be possessed by evil spirits?
– No… because 1 Corinthians 6:19-20… the believer is the temple of the Holy Spirit….. 1 John 4:4
But a believer can be tormented by evil spirits.
– Believers can be tormented and get into trouble… by evil spirits
– we can also see this with the apostle Paul 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
In unbelievers
– both humans and animals can have evil spirits. (Luke 8:26-38)
– They can live inside and direct, control, and influence a person.
– Not all unbelievers are possessed by evil spirits, but they are an open field.
Thank you…